Breastfeeding..HELP?!?
I've been breastfeeding my daughter since birth. It was hard at first but we both get used to it and it was going well. Lately she has be too fidgety and fussy at the breast and I've had to supplement maybe 12oz a light of day in a bottle. I don't like supplementing but I'm just. So frustrated. She is four months hoary could it be teething? I can't get her to stay on a breast she bobs her head pulls off to agree to me or cry she pushes away from me with her feet. I feel so guilty for supplementing please serve...
This is normal. My 4 month old is currently doing one and the same thing. There's no need to supplement, she will nurse when she's hungry enough. When she get fussy try switching sides or switching positions or take her somewhere more quiet. Another trick that I found helps for my daughter is to brand sure she's laying on top of one of her arms so that she can't move it, I move her other hand so that she's holding my bra, and I put my arm within between her legs, so I'm essentially holding one down and the other is resting on my shoulder. She can pull her face off if she desires to, put she isn't kicking herself anywhere and she'll always eat if I hold her like that.
Unfortunately, by supplementing so much (12 ounces is around half her daily needs) you are learning her that if she just fusses at the breast, she'll get the easier bottle. Also, your supply has probably dropped significantly, so when she DOES try to nurse, she doesn't return with much.
The solution is to stop the bottle. Pumping before each feed will serve your supply, and get to that first letdown, so she won't get frustrated and impatient waiting for it.
You both may have a rough couple of days, but she'll numeral out that if she's hungry, she needs to nurse.
my wife went through the same thing nearly that age, however she did not suppliment she just worked through it and she is back to normal again.
sometimes they dance through fussy phases.
While it could be teething she's getting to an age where on earth she's noticing her surroundings more. It's normal for any baby(breast or bottle fed). I remember my son, around this age, would take AGES to finish a bottle!
Try nursing her within a dark, quiet, room and see if that helps. It's lately a phase, though, and should let up in a few weeks when the 'newness' wears bad. I wouldn't think you'd need to supplement unless she's losing weight or getting feeling thirst.
Answers: it could be teething, or the taste of the milk.is it possible u may be pregnant?
my son did the same thing at 5 months. he weigh 25lbs and he would kick away, roll away, scream, bite, re-latch, it was miserable. he be literally TOO BIG for me to fight anymore so i pumped his bottles from there. can u pump instead of use formula? WIC gave me a breastpump for that hugely purpose, maybe u can try that.
BTW Kudos to u for breastfeeding!
If she pushes away or doesn't want to nurse, end the nursing session. Her appetite may be varying. Wait until she seems ready to eat in the past trying to nurse her.
Could it be that she is distracted by other things around her. She is beginning to really take notice of things at this age. Try nursing within a quiet area without much to look at and see if that help. Also, don't feel guilty for supplementing, you are giving her what she needs!
Just drop the bottles and keep offering; sometimes you just have to ride out the fuss.
"Many times during a baby's fussy time they will disallow the breast. After several frustrating attempts at nursing, the parents may "break down" and offer a bottle of expressed breastmilk or formula thinking that the fussiness is related to low supply or something wrong with mom's milk. Kathy give a better understanding of this particular concern here, as well as explaining what happen when baby is offered a bottle and "guzzles" it down:
Parents who don't know this is "normal" frequently respond as you did by giving a bottle because they think the baby isn't "contented or satisfied" with the breast. When the bottle goes in the baby's mouth the mouth fill with milk, the baby is obligated to swallow and the action of swallowing initiates another suck. The suck again fill the mouth and the cycle repeats, giving an appearance of the baby "gulping the bottle down hungrily".
This of course only contributes to mom and dad's fearfulness that the baby wasn't getting enough at the breast and they keep offering more and more bottles (understandably). Which afterwards causes a true low milk supply. Often the baby falls asleep peacefully after this episode which also reinforces to the parents that the bottle was freshly what the baby needed. What has really happened is the child has by coincidence come to the natural conclusion of the fussy spell (most parents give the bottle as a later resort which means the fussiness has been going on for awhile) and/or the little one has withdrawn because "gulping" down the bottle was actually stressful and NOT what the little one wanted but she could not stop the flow, so exhausted, she falls asleep. So don't offer bottles during any fussy time."
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This is normal. My 4 month old is currently doing one and the same thing. There's no need to supplement, she will nurse when she's hungry enough. When she get fussy try switching sides or switching positions or take her somewhere more quiet. Another trick that I found helps for my daughter is to brand sure she's laying on top of one of her arms so that she can't move it, I move her other hand so that she's holding my bra, and I put my arm within between her legs, so I'm essentially holding one down and the other is resting on my shoulder. She can pull her face off if she desires to, put she isn't kicking herself anywhere and she'll always eat if I hold her like that.
Unfortunately, by supplementing so much (12 ounces is around half her daily needs) you are learning her that if she just fusses at the breast, she'll get the easier bottle. Also, your supply has probably dropped significantly, so when she DOES try to nurse, she doesn't return with much.
The solution is to stop the bottle. Pumping before each feed will serve your supply, and get to that first letdown, so she won't get frustrated and impatient waiting for it.
You both may have a rough couple of days, but she'll numeral out that if she's hungry, she needs to nurse.
my wife went through the same thing nearly that age, however she did not suppliment she just worked through it and she is back to normal again.
sometimes they dance through fussy phases.
While it could be teething she's getting to an age where on earth she's noticing her surroundings more. It's normal for any baby(breast or bottle fed). I remember my son, around this age, would take AGES to finish a bottle!
Try nursing her within a dark, quiet, room and see if that helps. It's lately a phase, though, and should let up in a few weeks when the 'newness' wears bad. I wouldn't think you'd need to supplement unless she's losing weight or getting feeling thirst.
Answers: it could be teething, or the taste of the milk.is it possible u may be pregnant?
my son did the same thing at 5 months. he weigh 25lbs and he would kick away, roll away, scream, bite, re-latch, it was miserable. he be literally TOO BIG for me to fight anymore so i pumped his bottles from there. can u pump instead of use formula? WIC gave me a breastpump for that hugely purpose, maybe u can try that.
BTW Kudos to u for breastfeeding!
If she pushes away or doesn't want to nurse, end the nursing session. Her appetite may be varying. Wait until she seems ready to eat in the past trying to nurse her.
Could it be that she is distracted by other things around her. She is beginning to really take notice of things at this age. Try nursing within a quiet area without much to look at and see if that help. Also, don't feel guilty for supplementing, you are giving her what she needs!
Just drop the bottles and keep offering; sometimes you just have to ride out the fuss.
"Many times during a baby's fussy time they will disallow the breast. After several frustrating attempts at nursing, the parents may "break down" and offer a bottle of expressed breastmilk or formula thinking that the fussiness is related to low supply or something wrong with mom's milk. Kathy give a better understanding of this particular concern here, as well as explaining what happen when baby is offered a bottle and "guzzles" it down:
Parents who don't know this is "normal" frequently respond as you did by giving a bottle because they think the baby isn't "contented or satisfied" with the breast. When the bottle goes in the baby's mouth the mouth fill with milk, the baby is obligated to swallow and the action of swallowing initiates another suck. The suck again fill the mouth and the cycle repeats, giving an appearance of the baby "gulping the bottle down hungrily".
This of course only contributes to mom and dad's fearfulness that the baby wasn't getting enough at the breast and they keep offering more and more bottles (understandably). Which afterwards causes a true low milk supply. Often the baby falls asleep peacefully after this episode which also reinforces to the parents that the bottle was freshly what the baby needed. What has really happened is the child has by coincidence come to the natural conclusion of the fussy spell (most parents give the bottle as a later resort which means the fussiness has been going on for awhile) and/or the little one has withdrawn because "gulping" down the bottle was actually stressful and NOT what the little one wanted but she could not stop the flow, so exhausted, she falls asleep. So don't offer bottles during any fussy time."
http://www.mother-2-mother.com/cc-baby-B…
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